Under Melbourne Tonight

Under Melbourne Tonight
Directed bySteve Messenger, Nicholas Bufalo, Dan Flett, Jacinta Hicken
Presented byStephen Hall (Host)
Vin "Rastas" Hedger (Host)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJill Harris, Dan Flett, Emma Travers, Liam O' Hara
Production locationsRMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Running timeApprox. 60 min. (Including Commercials)
Production companyRMITV (Student Community Television Inc.)
Original release
NetworkC31 Melbourne
Release1993 (1993)
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Under Melbourne Tonight was a weekly live variety hour television program produced by RMITV that broadcast on C31 Melbourne. Reaching a weekly viewership of 55,000 people each week, the show was reviewed in The Age's Green Guide by Jim Schembri on 22 December 1994 as "Sometimes funnier than Letterman". Under Melbourne Tonight was hosted by Stephen Hall[1] and Vin "Rastas" Hedger and featured regular segments with 3RRR's Tony Biggs,[2] Merrick and Rosso's[3] Merrick Watts and Tim Ross, Corinne Grant,[4] Peter Helliar[5] and many more. The show included segments ranging from live music, stand-up comedy, movie reviews, music reviews, video game reviews, sports, news, current affairs, science and sketches. In 1998 the show was rebooted as Under Melbourne Tonight Presents...... What's Goin' On There?[6] and Whose Shout at the Stumpy Arms in 1999.

  1. ^ "Taping the source - TV & Radio - Entertainment". theage.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ^ "UMT'97 - Tony Biggs". Web.aanet.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ "UMT'97 - The Prank Files". Web.aanet.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ "UMT'97 - Nitty Gritty". Web.aanet.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ "UMT'97 - Peter Helliar". Web.aanet.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  6. ^ "UMT presents - What's Goin' On There? media release". Web.aanet.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2014.